I have not read it, but for sure the preview looks great for starting to use TC.And also a big help for people who dont like to/ can watch video and it is possible to get paperback aswell if they have bad net.Price, pretty fair to cheap in my opinion.

I've had a quick look at the review version via the link above. It certainly looks very useful, actually tells you how to use TurboCAD, but how applicable would it be to TC 19 Deluxe, which is the edition I have?

No you cant, and the original UG paperback version for TC v 17 is on 726 pages

The book here is for beginners, explained the setup etc very well and take the user true case to make them understand the basic by example.Then the user need to explore TC him/ her self, no book can explaine all different scenario's depending of what a user can understand and/ or want to learn something about.They need to test, see what work for them on the subject they try to draw, sort of learning to walk, you can read the basic of how to, but you do need to do some trial and errors before you figure out what works for you.

I also got that Jeff, but open the index and selected first or something of the different parts let me watch it.I believe they run true it and let it be in the end when they made it, so Google or whatever believe you already have seen all the pages

I picked up a copy of this off amazon after seeing the post. Not because I need it or I am struggling with turbocad. I actually think I have become somewhat proficient with the software now. But when I first started using turbocad, I had never used a cad package before, and had zero experience with cad. I actually gave up on turbocad twice, and only gave it a third shot after I found out about Dons website textual creations. If it wasnt for him and his tutorials, id be using a different cad package today. All that being said, I wish I had this book when I first started turbocad. It is actually a decent little read.

Now if you have had experience with other cad packages before using turbocad, you probably would not have any trouble at all learning it. But for anyone like me who had never used a cad package before...well learning turbocad isnt so easy. Its like a big black hole. There is a reason (other than being free) that fusion 360 and sketchup took off like wild fire. Thats becuase they understood that the software they made was only as good as its user. You can tell large amounts of time, resources and money went into training and learning materials with these packages.

Dont get me wrong, I love turbocad, and love using it...but it wasnt always like that. Is this book worth $50? I dont know, I suppose thats relative. But when IMSI charges $75 for a 1hr training session, $50 doesnt look so bad. I will say this is a nice and really the only book on turbocad, and if you are new to cad and need to learn tcad, Dons tutorials should be considered a must. He has some free ones on youtube and all are highly recommended. I think Ive done 5 of his tutorials now, and will probably buy at least one a year from him just to keep me on my feet as I am not an everyday cad user.

I actually gave up on turbocad twice, and only gave it a third shot after I found out about Dons website textual creations. If it wasnt for him and his tutorials, id be using a different cad package today.

I don't know that I would be on a different CAD package today, but one of Don's tutorials got me up and running in short order.

My own experience is very similar, struggling to learn very complicated, professional-grade software, alone, and from no previous CAD experience! In fact I had abandoned it in despair for fairly lengthy spells at least twice.

I have a couple of generic CAD primers, but although these give the basics, obviously they are not manuals for specific makes.

I'm not sure how easy it is to buy here. I don't have an account with Amazon etc., and may have to ask a major bookseller to order it for me despite probably a resulting mark-up, but if I can sure the TurboCAD version it describes is close enough to my own (19 Deluxe) then I think it would be worth my buying it.

Just spent the evening re-designing a small steam-engine crankshaft to establish my best way to make it. This is in 2D, as the workshop drawing I would need anyway, and even then I struggled with some aspects despite the long elevation being essentially a series of rectangles (cylindrical parts really, in end elevation). However, I did follow that by trying to make a slightly simplified 3D image of it - it's sort of there but rather odd in places!

Welcome Torfinn, This case seemed interesting to me. I was looking for information/articles about the "Format Painter" and found this material.I liked the fact that the author of the book knows a lot of details.Vlad

Thanks for the links Vlad I have not read it, but for sure the preview looks great for starting to use TC.And also a big help for people who dont like to/ can watch video and it is possible to get paperback aswell if they have bad net.Price, pretty fair to cheap in my opinion. Maybe an idea to put the link for it up in the Help section. Torfinn

Hi, my PDF manual version 17 (not 2017) already had 1168 pages. I wonder if you can describe TurboCad on 264 pages?

Torfinn already answered that correctly. My book is not intended as a substitute for the official help but as a starting point for beginners. In my personal opinion, a 1000 page manual is not really motivating when starting a new software :-D

Thanks again for your feedback and please don't hesitate to get in touch with me to discuss any kind of questions, critics or suggestions.Regards,Matthias

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Using TurboCAD in technical professions(For draftsmen, technicians, and engineers)ISBN-13: 9783746098708

Welcome Torfinn, This case seemed interesting to me. I was looking for information/articles about the "Format Painter" and found this material.I liked the fact that the author of the book knows a lot of details.Vlad

Thanks for the links Vlad I have not read it, but for sure the preview looks great for starting to use TC.And also a big help for people who dont like to/ can watch video and it is possible to get paperback aswell if they have bad net.Price, pretty fair to cheap in my opinion. Maybe an idea to put the link for it up in the Help section. Torfinn

Hi, my PDF manual version 17 (not 2017) already had 1168 pages. I wonder if you can describe TurboCad on 264 pages?

Torfinn already answered that correctly. My book is not intended as a substitute for the official help but as a starting point for beginners. In my personal opinion, a 1000 page manual is not really motivating when starting a new software :-D

Thanks again for your feedback and please don't hesitate to get in touch with me to discuss any kind of questions, critics or suggestions.Regards,Matthias